PacFIN 06-JUN-97 15:56 Pacific Council Groundfish Best Estimate Report Best Estimates* of 1997 Cumulative Shoreside Landed Catch (Metric Tons) 1997 1996 TOTALS Wash Ore Calif Total HG THRU MAY THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 314 1515 660 2489 2111 6072 Dover sole 517 2249 2369 5135 5250 12128 Pacific Whiting _ 13 3423 3436 8209 85127 Lingcod 112 251 131 494 467 1554 Longspine THDS 115 906 1142 2163 1835 4816 Shortspine THDS 61 285 303 649 599 1504 V&C Sebastes 272 991 _ 1263 3389 7783 V&C Yellowtail 107 277 _ 384 2261 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 55 222 _ 277 352 872 Van & Col POP 66 160 _ 226 317 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 110 19 _ 129 167 598 Columbia Dover 120 1535 _ 1655 1399 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 97 132 _ 229 1387 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 176 27 203 834 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 153 857 677 1687 1442 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 61 56 361 478 354 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 118 118 221 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 127 2187 2314 2457 6339 *Estimates Thru 31MAY 31MAY 31MAY HARD DATA THRU 3/97 4/97 2/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 15-MAY-97. HG = Harvest Guideline The HG for Lingcod and Bocaccio includes a significant recreational component. The HG for Pacific Whiting is the total U.S. coastwide allocation. The nontrawl (NTW) sablefish catch displayed on this report includes catches for both the limited entry and open access fisheries. The nontrawl limited entry sablefish harvest guideline is 2754 metric tons and the open access sablefish harvest guideline is 463 metric tons. Starting in 1995 this non- trawl sablefish catch statistic no longer includes treaty Indian catch. V&C = Van&Col = U.S. Vancouver & Columbia INPFC areas combined V&C&E&M = U.S. Vancouver & Columbia & Eureka & Monterey INPFC areas combined V&NC = U.S. Vancouver & No. Columbia (No. of Cape Lookout) areas combined E&SC = Eureka & So. Columbia (So. of Cape Lookout) areas combined E&M&C = Eureka & Monterey & Conception INPFC areas combined SBTS+URCK = Sebastes Complex plus Unspecified Rockfish. Due to the large amount of rockfish catch classified as unspecified rockfish (primarily in the Monterey and Conception areas) SBTS+URCK is the best estimate of catch for Sebastes Complex for the E&M&C area.